March Tip of the Month
5 ( to 9 ) A Day the Tasty Way!

Eat at least 5 servings (and up to 9) of fruits and veggies each day.
Help kids learn “More Matters”!
Activity Idea: Fruit and Veggie Challenge

  
Source: Healthy Kids Challenge, Acting Up booklet
Description: Kids will toss balls or scarves and identify fruits and veggies within different color groups
Grades: K-2

Supplies:

 

 Soft balls or scarves in fruit and veggie colors*
(Blue/Purple, Green, White, Yellow/Orange, Red)
A Healthy Message Bulletin Board at Rawls Byrd Elementary (SHIP)

Directions:
1.   Before beginning the activity, identify examples of fruit and veggies in each color group.
2.  In a classroom or large area, instruct kids to stand in a circle about an arm’s length apart.
3.  Hold up a ball/scarf and ask the group to call out names of fruits and veggies in the color group represented by the ball.
4.  Tell the group that the ball will be passed around the circle in different ways. Choose a child to start by having them toss the ball into the air for the person next to them to catch, and so on, around the circle. Call out different commands as the ball goes around the circle, i.e., roll the ball to the next person, clap before catching, and/or reverse the direction of the circle.
5. 

Add new ball colors, and for each new color introduced, identify names of fruits and veggies within that color group.
*For more information see 5 A Day, Produce for Better Health www.5aday.com

This activity is found on page 51 of the Acting Up booklet. For more activity ideas like the one above, check out HKC resource materials. See the order page for descriptors and to view the Table of Content and booklet sample pages.